After I had hit Chip, he had left the room and left me alone, which I was thankful for. After a few hours of sobbing, I pulled myself into the bed, pressing me face into the pillow. I cried myself to sleep. I had stayed in the room for about two days now, and I never left the bed, I mean, I really couldn't, not with the cuff on me to where it only let me go a few feet. It was a pain but I didn't want Chip coming in either so I just kept quiet, playing with my hair that was a horrible mess, sticking up in every direction. After a few more hours, I pulled myself into a ball and went to sleep once again.

"Hello?" A gentle voice said, the creak of the door opening. I just kept quiet, still in a light sleep.

A hand touched my shoulder and that jerked me awake and I shot up, turning towards the person. My heart beat going quiet fast. When I saw who the person was, I calmed down, just a little. It was girl who looked to be just about the same age as Aby, her hair stopping at her shoulders, a gentle smile across her lips.

"I'm sorry if I disturbed you." She said standing straight a little and I just looked at her, trying my best to not draw attention towards the socks I was wearing.

"Y-your fine." I said looking towards the door, ready to see one of the boys standing there, but there was no one.

She just smiled. "I brought some food." at the sound of food, she had my attention making me look at her. I moved a little closer to see a tray of food on the night stand.

"Chip brought you up some earlier but you were out cold, and he ate it so I was sent to give it to you." She said grabbing the tray and setting it lightly on the bed. My mouth already began to water.

Two slices of toasted bread set on a small white plate, butter across the top of the first one. A tall glass of milk set in a cup right next to it. I looked at the girl and she just laughed, telling me it was okay and I quick ate the first peace, then the second, and the milk was finished. I whipped the sleeve of my shirt over my mouth and smiled. That tasted like heaven. I then looked at the girl, a question popping out.

"What's your name?" I said and she just smiled.

"Faith." She said.

I just looked down, her name seeming quiet strange. But I just shrugged it off and looked up as she was taking the cuff off my ankle. I looked at her confused as she picked up the tray.

"There's clothes in the bathroom. Take a shower and come downstairs when you're ready." She pointed towards the bathroom and I smiled.

"Faith?" I asked as I sat at the edge of the bed.

"Yes?" She said turning towards me when she entered the door way.

"Is he down stairs too?" I asked looking down.

"No, only Mason is. He's no big deal, he just has to know where we are at, that's all." She gave me one last nod before she left, closing the door behind her.

I let out a easy breath. I didn't want to see Chip, at all and knowing that he wasn't downstairs, it made me feel a little bit better. I slowly got up and made my way towards the door, my arms hugging myself as I pushed the door slightly open, showing a nice large bathroom. I stepped into the large bathroom, towels folded nicely, and when I looked by one of the sinks, I saw what I guessed was the clothes that I needed to wear folded up nicely. I closed the door behind me and made sure I locked it so no one would decided to join me. Looking around one last time, I got undressed, taking of the clothes one at a time, then setting them by the door as I turned the shower on, the hot water hitting me hand lightly making me get in. At first, I just let the water hit me, it felt so good to feel the hot water running down all over me. Soon, my hair was wet and I looked around, finding what I need to wash my hair with and I did so, but I went extra slow, it felt nice to wash my hair. After I was sure I was in there for more than a hour, I got out, and grabbed a towel, wrapping it around me body.

Finally getting the clothes on, I let my hair dry and just left it in the waves that it had. Looking at the mirror, and I could tell you right now, who I saw in the mirror didn't look like me. My eyes were still a little red, bags under my eyes from sleeping problems and nightmares, and my hair had a lot of split ends. Smiling at myself in the mirror, I finally walked out, heading towards the door that lead out to the hall. My hand rested on the doorknob, as I looked down at it. I didn't know if I should open it or not, I was still not fully me, and one slip, would end me to making another puddle of tears. Taking in a easy breath, I opened the door slowly.

I stepped out, looking both ways, it seemed empty. There were other doors, but I didn't hear anything so I decided to slowly walked towards the stairs. Hugging my body once again with my arms. I went down the stairs, hearing what sounded like a TV playing. As it came more clear, I saw that soccer was playing on the TV, Mason sitting on it, his legs stretched out as they rested on the coffee table. He looked over at me, his eyes looking at me up and down before he returned to watching soccer. I shuttered as I quickly made my way into what I hopped was the kitchen. And I was greeted by hands wrapping around me.

"Thank goodness your okay." The voice said, and I slightly turned my head to see it was Aby, her hair let loss too. I smiled at her.

"You too." I said turning around as she let me go.

"Where are the others?" I asked, looking around to see if Heath or anyone else was here, Aby was the only one.

She looked down. "I don't know on that part, Mason won't tell me." She said just above a whisper for me to here. I nodded.

This place was very nice, it was like twice as nice as Mr. Hill's Machine. I swallowed when I remembered about Mr. Hill, I never thought that I would want him to come busting down the door and finding us. I looked at Aby as she played with her fingers, she seemed off from how she normally acted.

"Aby, is everything okay?" I asked.

She looked at me. "You don't know where we are.." she said and I nodded my head in a yes.

She looked past her shoulder like Mason was standing behind her. "We're at a man's house who has been blackmailing Master Hill for some time now, and he was suppose to show up at the party but he never did, and now, we're here in his house." She said biting her lower lip.

"Is he some bad guy or something?" I asked blinking a few times.

"No, but he's aggressive at moments, he only owns a few servants but those servants are only able to last so long." She said lowering her head.

"Is Faith his?" I can't believe that I just asked that.

"No, Faith belongs to Forest." She said returning to meet my eye contact. She was about to say something to me when Mason came walking in. Aby and I turned to look at him as he opened up the fridge, pulling out a carton of milk. He hadn't even notice that both Aby and I were looking at him. He pulled out a glass and set it on the counter, unscrewing the lid, he started to pour himself some milk, his eyes looking up at us.

"Can't I pour my milk in peace?" He asked setting the carton of milk down, putting the lid back on.

"Where are the others at?" Aby said specking up, and Mason just rubbed his face.

"Listen, I'm not allowed to tell you okay? So stopping asking." He said before he started to drink down the milk. Aby just looked at me.

Mason soon finished his milk and left the kitchen, returning to watching soccer. I had no idea what to do, by how Aby had talked about this man had been blackmailing Mr. Hill, he seemed kinda scary. I was soon snapped out of my train of thought when I heard voices coming from the living room. I peeked around the corner to see a man, his arms crossed, his white shirt hugging his body as he looked down at Forest, the man who I had managed to stab with a fork.

"So you're telling me that Ayden and Sean went to go snatch one slave that they forgot at Ryan's place. Funny." He said shaking his head. I swallowed. Colton. I hadn't realized that the man was looking at me now.

"And who is that?" He said loud so I could hear and I lowered my gaze as soon as Forest turned to see who he was talking to, and I heard him curse.

"Come here." The man said unfolding his arms to show that his shirt was unbuttoned a little.

I slowly stepped out, I had no idea what this man, or Forest would do if I didn't listen so I just played it safe and walked towards him. He looked at me up and down before looking at Forest who was glaring at me deeply.

"Who does she belong too?" He asked, reaching across and lifting up my chin with is hand, I just closed my eyes.

"Open your eyes." He demanded and I did.

"Mr. Hill, she was one of his new ones." Forest said looking at the man. The man chuckled.

"She's a cutie, I'll give you that."

I just swallowed and looked from the corner of my eye to see Mason smiling. I returned to look back that the man, I felt so tiny compared to him, it was like standing by a basketball player.

"What's your name?" He asked making me jump a little.

"S-Skyler." I said.

"Age?"

"17.."

"Um," He said rubbing his chin and looking at me.

"I want to see how well you cook. Start making dinner, alright sweetie?" He said raising a eyebrow and I swallowed.

"Yes." I managed to squeak out.

I quickly dashed into the kitchen and placed a hand over my heart as I tried to calm myself down. After I get myself back together, I started to try to cook, it was kinda hard not knowing where everything was so I did my best. I was planning on making shepherd pie, one of my favorite meals. Time seemed to go a little faster as I made it, having to roll my sleeves up so they wouldn't get food on them. Just when I was about to slide the pan into the oven, I froze when someone said my name.

"Skyler?" The voice said I turned around.

My heart felt like it stopped in place when I saw who it was. My body shock a little as the person looked at me in disbelieve. Tears started to cloud my eyes, they weren't tears of sadness, but tears of joy. I had a hard time finding my voice but when I did, I spoke just above a whisper as the first line of tears fell.

"Luke."